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Ayla Meridian
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Illustrator • Concept Artist • Battlemage (She/her) !OPEN FOR WORK & COMMISSIONS! Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/aylameridian Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/aylameridian/ Portfolio: https://aylameridian.myportfolio.com/
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 22d
Hi - I'm an Australian concept artist and illustrator. I'm open for commissions and freelance work!

Commissions: ko-fi.com/aylameridian...
Portfolio: aylameridian.myportfolio.com
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ayla...
Support: ko-fi.com/aylameridian
A river scene in the evening, there are lots of cute flowers in the foreground and mist in the distance partly obscuring a pine forest and an ornate castle. there are huge mountains in the distance and a line of starlike things going straight up into the sky. there's a sort of art nouveau-esque border around the whole thing. A person wearing custodes-style armour from the warhammer universe, though silver rather than gold. The armour and pose is inspired by the dark souls character, artorias of the abyss. 1. Tactical Assault Chrysalis A golden chrysalis of Yarerin manufacture. When the correct words are spoken with intention, the chrysalis spawns a number of magical insect-like sprites that will attack at the command of the speaker 2. Bluestone Cluster A cluster of bluestone, can be used to empower almost any spell 3. Necklace (with secret compartments) 4. Golden Oracle Spores A lichen-like lifeform that continuously grows upon a small stone. When ingested by an Oracle it has psychedelic effects that allows the oracle perceive various times and places they have connected with… 5. White-Gold Seal The highest level of seal that is given out by the Yarerin. El-Ithaïa keeps hers wrapped in a peice of parchment that has a message written by Yare Ninetheth himself. 6. Her Father’s blade Netherin make, truly ancient. 7. Her mother’s seer’s pipe For various Oracle rituals, such as scrying and truthseeing 8. The Hand of Yare Given to El-Ithaïa by Yare Ninetheth himself. The blade is made entirely of bluestone and will therefore never require sharpening. In battle occasionally will act as if it has a mind of its own in defense of its weilder page 1 - a man walks through a desert amongst rocky mesas that feature blue striations. his face is sunburnt, he looks rather exhausted, like he's been in this desert for too long already. his fine clothes belie his lack of preparation for this desert.
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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 2h
#daily 41: Griffin + moonlit graveyard
Armoured griffon in a graveyard
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 7d
Just finished off another commission - #DragonAge Grey Warden with Leliana!

My commissions are open through Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/aylameridian... but if you're after something not on offer feel free to shoot me a DM!
Two ladies in fantasy medieval dresses embracing in a very alluring manner. One has long braided dark brown/black hair and the other has a short red french style bob.
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 1d
I hear its #PortfolioDay! I'm a concept artist and illustrator - I'm currently open for commissions and keen to line up contract/freelance work for next year!

Portfolio: aylameridian.myportfolio.com
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ayla...
Commissions: ko-fi.com/aylameridian
A river scene in the evening, there are lots of cute flowers in the foreground and mist in the distance partly obscuring a pine forest and an ornate castle. there are huge mountains in the distance and a line of starlike things going straight up into the sky. there's a sort of art nouveau-esque border around the whole thing. succulent plant with blue flower-like leaves and blue berries against a black background page 1 - a man walks through a desert amongst rocky mesas that feature blue striations. his face is sunburnt, he looks rather exhausted, like he's been in this desert for too long already. his fine clothes belie his lack of preparation for this desert. Underwater. Blues. A woman with glowing eyes and strange giger-esque armour floats deep underwater looking at the viewer. Floating amongst faintly glowing kelp
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks! ☺️❤️
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Ty Door Hand Hook Car Door @glitchritual.com · 1d
#portfolioDay Rising Sand is my portfolio. See it here. I like to draw stuff, and colour stuff, and eat snacks. If you'd like me to draw or colour or eat something, email [email protected]. Bring money! 💸
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RISING SAND @risingsand.glass · Oct 17
Hi, Bluesky! ✨

Rising Sand is a free-to-read fantasy adventure webcomic by @glitchritual.com and @y2jenn.bsky.social about finding family and peace of mind in a world about to be crushed by its own Sun.

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💀 Read RS!

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The cover image of Rising Sand Volume One, wherein Dal and Qebrus react to something out of frame—Dal with excitement, Qebrus with concern. RS069, wherein Dal and Qebrus have a fight. RS124, wherein Dal finds Ro's derelict armour. RS145, wherein Ro forgot to wear pants.
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 1d
Me! I'd love to be in your starter pack!
A lady in white and gold holding a staff. She has long white hair and a third brightly glowing eye. She's dressed in vaguely late-medieval looking garb with gold armour A painting of a dark haired woman in vaguely renaissance era purple and red clothing. She's sitting down and has her hands crossed in front of her. many rings grace her fingers and she has a black piece of fabric draped over her shoulder featuring a red sigil. painting of a sad looking half elf boy with shiny, oily, inky goo pouring out of his eyes and flowing outward to the edge of the image. A bright white light glows from the the bottom of the image. digital painting of a blonde lady looking flirty, throwing her hair over her shoulder. she's wearing a blue coat with gold trim and a choker necklace featuring a large skull and dangling pearls.
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 1d
I hear its #PortfolioDay! I'm a concept artist and illustrator - I'm currently open for commissions and keen to line up contract/freelance work for next year!

Portfolio: aylameridian.myportfolio.com
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ayla...
Commissions: ko-fi.com/aylameridian
A river scene in the evening, there are lots of cute flowers in the foreground and mist in the distance partly obscuring a pine forest and an ornate castle. there are huge mountains in the distance and a line of starlike things going straight up into the sky. there's a sort of art nouveau-esque border around the whole thing. succulent plant with blue flower-like leaves and blue berries against a black background page 1 - a man walks through a desert amongst rocky mesas that feature blue striations. his face is sunburnt, he looks rather exhausted, like he's been in this desert for too long already. his fine clothes belie his lack of preparation for this desert. Underwater. Blues. A woman with glowing eyes and strange giger-esque armour floats deep underwater looking at the viewer. Floating amongst faintly glowing kelp
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 1d
What you're looking for is graphic novels 👍
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 2d
Simon Pegg too?? I thought it was just Nick Frost. What a disappointment. It's baffling
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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · 3d
Art by • Michael Whelan
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Apr 14
Brother Solaire!

#Warhammer40k #DarkSouls #Soliare
A grey armoured space marine holding a shield and chain sword. He has a white tabard with a shining sun sigils on it. The same sun sigil is on his shield
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Jan 6
It is complete....
My short Bluestone Desert tale...

#comic
page 1 - a man walks through a desert amongst rocky mesas that feature blue striations. his face is sunburnt, he looks rather exhausted, like he's been in this desert for too long already. his fine clothes belie his lack of preparation for this desert. comic page a man falls over in the desert surrounded by mesas and large blue crystals; he sees some succulent looking plants and rushes over to them and pulls one out of the ground, then crushes it open with his hands, sparkly water spills out. the man drinks from the plant, wipes his face and then looks relieved and satisfied. we zoom in on his face and starts to look concerned. then he puts his hand over his mouth as blue starts to seep out of his eyes and mouth. he throws up a bunch of blue stuff and then throws his head back violently as blue magic pours out of him! Two figures are walking through the same desert. They seem much more comfortable than our previous character. There is a white haired, armoured man and an elven woman. They come accross his withered corpse - the blue magic has virtually turned him inside out and he has sunk into the sand over the time he's been in the desert. The man asks the lady: "what happened to him?" she replies, "It looks like he ate raw magic... or drank it..." They look at his cronenburged form, seemingly melting into the sand "poor fool" she says, then in her own language, "Siha lasyn-omoni erenon, sari ymeth esé lalladaï" [translation: One who misjudges the desert will find a swift death]
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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 3d
Mick van Houten's cover art detail for the 1st edition of Ian Watson's The Book of the River (1985)

#scifi #sciencefiction #art
A ship sails a river with steep mountainous banks. There are trees in the foreground and mist in the background.
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MizChateau @mizchateau.bsky.social · 3d
Fall flowers, an energy boost for autumn bees who've survived into October. #gardening #🌱
Garden showing lavender and yellow chrysanthemums; pink impatiens; hosta and misc greens.
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Jul 15
Personal items belonging to a commoner from the River Realms

(Detailed descriptions in the alt text!!)
1. Lirran Eye pendant: fish and eyes are common iconography in the Lirran faith. The fish is often modeled off of river fish local to the origins of such items. The eye is the standard Eye of Lir - a symbol associated with both the Goddess Lir, the River itself and the first Archking of the River Realms. 2. Knife with carved bone handle: A brass (brass is a very common metal in the River Realms and neighbouring domains) with a bone handle carved to resemble a pointed ear hare - a common creature inhabiting the Midnight Valley. 3. Lirran Petals: Petals are the names for coins of smaller denominations used in the River Realms. These ones are made of copper (featuring Lirran religious iconography), brass (featuring the crest of the Archking), and silver (featuring a cameo of the Archking Lothair II). 4. A brass sickle: wooden handled brass sickle used for harvesting herbs and other plants. 5. Leather pouch with bone fastener: a simple leather pouch with a stamped decoration featuring the Eye of Lir fish icon. This sort of pouch would be attached to the waist with thick but soft string usually tied in complex knots (the knots usually have some meaning and religious significance to the wearer) 6. Wooden Flute and case: a simple wooden flute, a common instrument found in the River Realms. Flute based music is very popular in the common traditions of music as well as courtly music. 7. Feather from a Kingfisher-like bird: a wing feather from a bird that mostly eats fish, which it catches by swooping over a body of water and catching small unsuspecting fish.
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Aug 20
painted some pretty flowers for my mum
tropical flowers (passionflower, vanilla orchids and white dove orchids) and some leaves on a dark green background
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Oscar Chichoni, illustration for Starship Titanic, 1997
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 6d
Well if that's how you draw when you're actively falling asleep I'd say you're doing pretty great!
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6d
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 6d
Hard agree. It's going to do way more harm than good
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Art by • Joonas Ryynänen
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 7d
Just finished off another commission - #DragonAge Grey Warden with Leliana!

My commissions are open through Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/aylameridian... but if you're after something not on offer feel free to shoot me a DM!
Two ladies in fantasy medieval dresses embracing in a very alluring manner. One has long braided dark brown/black hair and the other has a short red french style bob.
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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 29d
My commissions are open! And I have some big expenses coming up soon so now is a FANTASTIC time to commission me!

You can commission me through Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/shop/setting...

(reposts are very very much appreciated! 🙏❤️)

Here's a little taste of what you can expect -
digital painting of a lady in red armour holding a chainsword and a boltgun. She's standing in front of a glowy stained glass window looking up at the sword and little rose petals fall around her. 40k navigator with four arms. He has sickly grey green skin. He's wearing purple robes covered in scrolls and purity seals and many cables. His multiple arms are adorned with a plethora of bangles and rings. he has a metal mask and psyker helm that completely cover his face but he also has what looks like a trunk, also adorned in jewelery in golds, blacks and browns, a noble Rogue Trader of the Imperium of Mankind stands with her hand on her hip and her other hand resting on the hilt of a chainsword. She has super big baroque hair and lots of jewelery. she stands in front of lavish dark brown curtains A painting of a dark haired woman in vaguely renaissance era purple and red clothing. She's sitting down and has her hands crossed in front of her. many rings grace her fingers and she has a black piece of fabric draped over her shoulder featuring a red sigil.
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